St. Andrew's Kamloops

If you are seeing just the St. Andrew's logo move the timeline ahead to 1 hr 7 min.

Looking at Jesus' ministry in his hometown and the disciples' first mission trip help us understand the breadth of Christian ministry. Christian ministry is about gathering AND sending, good works AND evangelism, giving AND receiving. And it involves acceptance AND rejection.

Special thanks to Klaas Broersma for preaching and to Marion Hannaford for leading the worship service. Pastor Steve is in Valemount on a course with the Rocky Mountain Rangers.

Guest Preacher: Will Hogeveen is the new full-time Staff Associate for Young Life. Raised in Kamloops, Will grew up in the church, and found a personal relationship with Christ in his late teens. Will’s ministry at Young Life involves showing Christ’s love by befriending and supporting high school students. His other passions include music and coffee. Pastor Steve is away at Synod.

*illustration "Moses and the Burning Bush" from the 1890 Holman Bible

Guset speaker Pastor Don Harrison:   Following a fifteen-year career in marketing management, PastorHarrison studied theology at Regent College/Carey Hall at UBC where, during the final years of his master's studies, he served as Baptist Chaplain to the university. In 1985 Don and Judi relocated to Kamloops to assume pastoral responsibilities at Southwest Community Baptist Church. The Harrisons have remained in Kamloops for the ensuing thirty-four years, during which time Pastor Don served Southwest for eleven years as senior pastor while concurrently serving as the Regimental Chaplain to the Rocky Mountain Rangers, and eventually Senior Chaplain, 39 Brigade Group (the army in British Columbia). Following their ministry as Southwest, the Harrison's planted a Vineyard congregation in Kamloops which they served for fourteen years, during which time Pastor Don also ministered in Nepal and India teaching emerging leaders in newly planted churches, and overseeing the Kingdom Fund--a micro-banking ministry to the poor. Pastor Don retired from full-time pastoral ministry in 2011, attends Summit Baptist Church, remains active in the Kamloops Ministerial, and currently serves as spiritual advisor to the Young Life Ministry here in our community.

*picture: Jacob Wrestling with the Angel (1855) Gustave Doré - Doré's English Bible, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10852927

Guest Preacher: Dave Stasich has been a disciple of Jesus Christ for 50 years and has taught Bible classes to teenagers and adults for 35 of those years. Most recently Dave has served on the Board of Mangers and helped co-ordinate the Men's Study Breakfast at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church

Guest Preacher: Dave Gulley is an elder and member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian for 35 years. Now retired, he was a teacher, principal, district and provincial educator, and university lecturer. He holds a Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies from Vancouver School of Theology.

Dave Stasich has been a disciple of Jesus Christ for 50 years and has taught Bible classes to teenagers and adults for 35 of those years. Most recently Dave has served on the Board of Mangers and helped co-ordinate the Men's Study Breakfast at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.

After a 10-year career in real estate law, and a 4- year stopover at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA, Harold Wiest and his wife Charlene moved to Dawson Creek to begin ministry in the PCC. A 14-year ministry in Dawson Creek where their 3 boys were born was followed by a 14-year ministry here at St. Andrew's. In his retirement Harold has published a 710-page book, and enjoys his 2 grandchildren, gardening, hunting and fishing.